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New ballet: Tony Whelan (left) of Chiefs and Gordon Sweetzer and Julius Sono of Blizzard stage their own little ballet as they go for ball during NASL game last night at Exhibition Stadium
New ballet: Tony Whelan (left) of Chiefs and Gordon Sweetzer and Julius Sono of Blizzard stage their own little ballet as they go for ball during NASL game last night at Exhibition Stadium

New ballet: Tony Whelan (left) of Chiefs and Gordon Sweetzer and Julius Sono of Blizzard stage their own little ballet as they go for ball during NASL game last night at Exhibition Stadium

Date7/29/1981
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Original Toronto Star caption: New ballet: Tony Whelan (left) of Chiefs and Gordon Sweetzer and Julius Sono of Blizzard stage their own little ballet as they go for ball during NASL game last night at Exhibition Stadium.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0097850F
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